Quick answer
pasar means to pass, spend time, happen. Use pasar for movement through a place, spending time, passing an object, or describing that something happens.
Present tense conjugation of pasar
| Pronoun | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | paso |
| tú | pasas |
| él/ella/usted | pasa |
| nosotros | pasamos |
| ellos/ustedes | pasan |
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yo
Yo ___ por el parque cada mañana.
pasar sentence examples
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| Pronoun | Sentence | Answer | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | Yo ___ por el parque cada mañana. | paso | I pass through the park every morning. |
| yo | Yo ___ las vacaciones en la montaña con mi familia. | paso | I spend the vacation in the mountains with my family. |
| yo | Yo ___ por el puente antiguo camino al trabajo. | paso | I pass over the old bridge on the way to work. |
| yo | Yo ___ mucho tiempo con mi familia. | paso | I spend a lot of time with my family. |
| tú | Tú ___ la sal a tu compañero de mesa. | pasas | You pass the salt to your tablemate. |
| tú | Tú ___ por mi casa todos los días. | pasas | You pass by my house every day. |
| tú | Tú ___ demasiado tiempo en el teléfono. | pasas | You spend too much time on the phone. |
| tú | Tú ___ mucho tiempo leyendo en la biblioteca. | pasas | You spend a lot of time reading in the library. |
| él/ella/usted | Ella siempre ___ tiempo con sus amigas. | pasa | She always spends time with her friends. |
| él/ella/usted | Él ___ las vacaciones en la playa. | pasa | He spends the vacation at the beach. |
| él/ella/usted | El cartero ___ por nuestra calle a las diez. | pasa | The mailman passes through our street at ten. |
| él/ella/usted | El río ___ por el centro de la ciudad antigua. | pasa | The river passes through the center of the old city. |
| nosotros | Nosotros ___ la tarde jugando al ajedrez en el parque. | pasamos | We spend the afternoon playing chess in the park. |
| nosotros | Nosotros ___ los fines de semana juntos. | pasamos | We spend weekends together. |
| nosotros | Nosotros ___ por muchas dificultades este año. | pasamos | We go through many difficulties this year. |
| nosotros | Nosotros ___ por la panadería cada mañana. | pasamos | We pass by the bakery every morning. |
| ellos/ustedes | Ustedes ___ mucho tiempo en el trabajo. | pasan | You all spend a lot of time at work. |
| ellos/ustedes | Ustedes ___ el verano practicando surf en la costa. | pasan | You all spend the summer surfing on the coast. |
| ellos/ustedes | Ellos ___ horas jugando videojuegos. | pasan | They spend hours playing video games. |
| ellos/ustedes | Las nubes ___ rápidamente por el cielo ventoso. | pasan | The clouds pass quickly through the windy sky. |
Common mistake
Learners often translate pasar only as "to pass." In everyday Spanish, pasar also commonly means to spend time, as in "Paso mucho tiempo con mi familia."